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Emerging Leader Council: Member Bios

Mitch Menchaca
2009 Chair
Senior Director of Programs
Arizona Commission on the Arts
417 West Roosevelt Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85003
T 602-771-6529
E-mail: mmenchaca@azarts.gov
Website: www.azarts.gov

Mitch Menchaca

Mitch Menchaca is the senior director of programs at the Arizona Commission on the Arts, where he manages the agency’s programs and initiatives for organizations and communities. He serves on the board of directors of the Museum Association of Arizona, the Association of American Cultures, and served as vice-chair for the City of Casa Grande Arts and Humanities Commission. He is a member of the Arizona Council for Enhancing Recreation and Tourism and the Governor’s Arizona Mexico Commission as well as serving as president of the Central Arizona Museum Association. Prior to working at the Arts Commission, Mitch served as the director of the Casa Grande Valley Historical Society, manager for Central Arizona College Public Events and program associate for the Arizona Humanities Council. He has presented at numerous state-wide and national conferences including the Governor’s Rural Economic Development Conference, the Governor’s Conference on Tourism, Atlatl’s National Native Arts biennial at the National Museum of the American Indian, and at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention. Mitch studied theater at Central Arizona College and Arizona State University; he recently completed a Festival and Event Management program at the University of Minnesota.

TERM: 2008–2010